115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 726

  To require the Secretary of Defense to declassify certain documents
related to incidents in which members of the Armed Forces were exposed
                          to toxic substances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2017

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL



  To require the Secretary of Defense to declassify certain documents
related to incidents in which members of the Armed Forces were exposed
                          to toxic substances.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gary Deloney and John Olsen Toxic
Exposure Declassification Act''.

SEC. 2. DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS
              OF EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO TOXIC
              SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall declassify
documents related to any known incident in which not fewer than 100
members of the Armed Forces were exposed to a toxic substance that
resulted in at least one case of a disability that a member of the
medical profession has determined to be associated with that toxic
substance.
    (b) Limitation.--The declassification required by subsection (a)
shall be limited to information necessary for an individual who was
potentially exposed to a toxic substance to determine the following:
            (1) Whether that individual was exposed to that toxic
        substance.
            (2) The potential severity of the exposure of that
        individual to that toxic substance.
            (3) Any potential health conditions that may have resulted
        from exposure to that toxic substance.
    (c) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense is not required to
declassify documents if the Secretary determines that declassification
of those documents would materially and immediately threaten the
security of the United States.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Armed forces.--The term ``Armed Forces'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United
        States Code.
            (2) Exposed.--The term ``exposed'' means, with respect to a
        toxic substance, that an individual came into contact with that
        toxic substance in a manner that could be hazardous to the
        health of that individual, that may include if that toxic
        substance was inhaled, ingested, or touched the skin or eyes.
            (3) Exposure.--The term ``exposure'' means, with respect to
        a toxic substance, an event during which an individual was
        exposed to that toxic substance.
            (4) Toxic substance.--The term ``toxic substance'' means
        any substance determined by the Administrator of the
        Environmental Protection Agency to be harmful to the
        environment or hazardous to the health of an individual if
        inhaled or ingested by or absorbed through the skin of that
        individual.
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